EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
EMERY BALTHROP GET TO KNOW THE FINK’S JEWELERS FAMILY
E mery Balthrop stayed on with Fink’s Jewelers after we acquired Rone Regency in Chattanooga, TN, in 2020. With more than 45 years of experience, Emery’s expertise and relationships with clients in the area are unparalleled, and we’re ecstatic he chose to join the Fink’s family! “When I first came in contact with Fink’s, everybody talked about the family,” Emery explains. “I realized that there was actually a family that was running the company and bore its name. But also, it was the idea of family that kind of attracted me. You’re not part of a big chain or conglomerate; you’re actually part of a family, and I think that’s special.”
Emery Balthrop , Sales Professional Fink’s Jewelers Chattanooga, TN (423) 894-1188 • Emery.Balthrop@finks.com
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN I’m originally from Dyersburg, TN, but my wife and I moved to Chattanooga in 1973. Before that, we were living in Minnesota, where I was finishing school. After I finished, we came back to be closer to home. I worked in ministry at the time, and we were helping out with a youth group at a small local church. FROM MINISTRY TO JEWELRY As my wife and I began to have children, I quickly learned that I needed to find another way to serve and make a living. But, my retail experience prior to jewelry was in selling shoes.
In fact, my first job at 16 was with Butler Shoe Company. But jewelry was a whole new area of retail for me. There’s a large amount of knowledge that you have to acquire in selling jewelry. You’re not just concentrating on one thing, but many things, whether it’s talking about diamonds and pearls or colored stones and watches. So in order to be proficient, you have to know about all these different things. WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME I’ve been collecting toy soldiers since 1976. I had them growing up, but over the years, I kind of missed that. So I gradually began collecting and then to paint some of them. I have several hundred of them, at least (don’t tell my wife).
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